TO RAISE A TOAST

Hello and welcome back to the Daily Vitamin. I hope your day is going well. 

Today's expression is: to raise a toast

It means: to lift your glass (usually containing a drink like wine or champagne) and express a wish or desire for success, happiness or other good news.

Someone might give a speech (discurso) at the moment of the toast (when you lift or raise your glass), but it is also common to simply say Cheers! and "clink" your glasses together.

Example 1: All the guests raised a toast to the newly-wedded couple, wishing them happiness in their new life together.

Example 2: Whenever we sit down to a big holiday meal at my house, we always raise a toast to the cook. After all, without his/her efforts, nobody would be eating!

Example 3: The Ziggurat team would like to raise a toast and wish all of you a wonderful rest of the day!

⇒ Once again, in order to get some writing practice in English, I encourage you to write your own sentence (or two) with today's expression. You can post your sentences to one of our social media sites (Facebook or Bluesky) and we will give you feedback about your writing as soon as we can.

Have a great day.